Lionel Belmore

Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 – 30 January 1953) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century.

Life and career Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry, and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911. In total, he had some 200 titles to his film credit. He was notable as the huffy-puffy Herr Vogel the Burgomaster in Frankenstein (1931). Belmore played bit parts in several 1930s film classics. Unusually, he was a director before he became a prolific actor. He directed from 1914 to 1920, only acting in a limited number of films, until concentrating as an actor from then on.

He was the brother of the actress Daisy Belmore (Mrs. Samuel Waxman) and the actors Herbert Belmore and Paul Belmore. He was the brother-in-law of actress Bertha Belmore. He was married to stage actress Emmeline Florence Carder and they had two daughters. Their daughter Violet had decided to follow in her father's footsteps and go into acting.

He is interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.

Selected filmography

The Greater Will (1915) - Minor Role In the Latin Quarter (1915, director) Shame (1917) - Peters The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918) - Gen. Israel Putnam His Royal Highness (1918) - Gen. Malcoff The Wasp (1918, director) - Brazsos Wanted: A Mother (1918) - Giuseppe Leap to Fame (1918) - Carl Hoffman Duds (1920) - Rosenthal The Strange Boarder (1920) - Jake Bloom Jes' Call Me Jim (1920) - Belcher Milestones (1920) - Richard Sibley Sr Madame X (1920) - M. Robert Parissard The Man Who Had Everything (1920) - Mark Bullway The Great Lover (1920) - Impresario Godless Men (1920) - Seaman Neighbor Guile of Women (1921) - Armstrong A Shocking Night (1921) - Bill Bradford Courage (1921) - Angus Ferguson The Sting of the Lash (1921) - Ben Ames Moonlight Follies (1921) - James Rutledge Two Minutes to Go (1921) - Her Father The Barnstormer (1922) - Manager Kindred of the Dust (1922) - The Laird of Tyee The World's Champion (1922) - John Burroughs Iron to Gold (1922) - Sheriff Head Over Heels (1922) - Al Wilkins Out of the Silent North (1922) - Andrea Vallois The Galloping Kid (1922) - 'Five-Notch' Arnett Oliver Twist (1922) - Mr. Brownlow The Kentucky Derby (1922) - Col. Rome Woolrich Enter Madame (1922) - Archimede Peg o' My Heart (1922) - Hawks Jazzmania (1923) - Baron Bolo Quicksands (1923) - Ring Member #8 Within the Law (1923) - Irwin - his attorney Railroaded (1923) - Foster Three Ages (1923) - Minor Role (uncredited) Red Lights (1923) - Alden Murray Forgive and Forget (1923) - Butler The Meanest Man in the World (1923) A Lady of Quality (1924) - Sir Geoffrey Wildairs A Fool's Awakening (1924) - Herbert Lorington Try and Get It (1924) - Timothy Perrin A Boy of Flanders (1924) - Baas cogez Racing Luck (1924) - The Uncle The Sea Hawk (1924) - Justice Anthony Baine The Man Who Fights Alone (1924) - Meggs The Silent Watcher (1924) - Barnes, Steele's campaign manager Eve's Secret (1925) - Baron Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) - Gaston Larrieau Without Mercy (1925) - Honest Tom Massingham The Storm Breaker (1925) - Parson Madame Behave (1925) - Seth Corwin Stop, Look and Listen (1926) - Sheriff The Blackbird (1926) - Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited) The Checkered Flag (1926) - Joel Corbin Shipwrecked (1926) - John Beacon The Lucky Fool (1926) - Mr. Bowden The Dice Woman (1926) - Rastillac Speeding Through (1926) Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) - Vicomte de Lavedan Oh Billy, Behave (1926) - Mr. Lovely The Return of Peter Grimm (1926) - Rev. Bartholomey Return of Grey Wolf (1926) - Jacques St. Claire The Self Starter (1926) Wide Open (1927) Winners of the Wilderness (1927) - Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia The Demi-Bride (1927) - Monsieur Girard The Missing Link (1927) - First Mate (uncredited) Afraid to Love (1927) - Nobleman (uncredited) The King of Kings (1927) - Roman Noble The Tender Hour (1927) - Party Guest #2 Topsy and Eva (1927) - Minor Role (uncredited) The Sunset Derby (1927) - Jack McTeague Roaring Fires (1927) - John D. Summers The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) - Stout Student (uncredited) Sorrell and Son (1927) - John Palfrey The Wife's Relations (1928) - Cyrus Dodd Rose-Marie (1928) - Henri Duray The Matinee Idol (1928) - Jasper Bolivar The Play Girl (1928) - The Greek Florist The Good-Bye Kiss (1928) - The General Heart Trouble (1928) - Adolph Van Housen The Circus Kid (1928) - Beezicks The Yellowback (1929) - McDougal Stark Mad (1929) - Amos Sewald The Redeeming Sin (1929) - Father Colomb From Headquarters (1929) - Señor Carroles The Unholy Night (1929) - Major Endicott Evidence (1929) - Innkeeper Condemned (1929) - Convict (uncredited) The Love Parade (1929) - Prime Minister Devil-May-Care (1929) - Innkeeper (uncredited) Love Comes Along (1930) - Brownie Playing Around (1930) - Morgan the Pirate The Rogue Song (1930) - Ossman Captain of the Guard (1930) - Colonel of Hussars Le spectre vert (1930) - Commandant Endicott Hell's Island (1930) - Monsieur Dupont Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930) - Colonel Villiers Monte Carlo (1930) - Prince Gustav von Liebenheim River's End (1930) - Mountie (uncredited) The Boudoir Diplomat (1930) - War Minister One Heavenly Night (1930) - Baron Zagon Kiss Me Again (1931) - Cafe Manager (uncredited) Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931) - Bill, the Bartender Daybreak (1931) - Herr Kessner (uncredited) A Woman of Experience (1931) - Recruiting Speaker (uncredited) Alexander Hamilton (1931) - General Philip Schuyler Shanghaied Love (1931) - The Knitting Swede Frankenstein (1931) - The Burgomaster Safe in Hell (1931) - Judge (uncredited) Police Court (1932) - Uncle Al Furman Vanity Fair (1932) - Sir Pitt Crawley So Big (1932) - Reverend Dekker (uncredited) The Man Called Back (1932) - Mr. Cartright Malay Nights (1932) - Buck - Bartender The Sign of the Cross (1932) - Bettor of 300 Silver (uncredited) Cavalcade (1933) - Uncle George The Vampire Bat (1933) - Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen Oliver Twist (1933) - Bumble The Constant Woman (1933) - Character Man The Warrior's Husband (1933) - Homer Berkeley Square (1933) - Innkeeper (uncredited) Meet the Baron (1933) - Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited) Design for Living (1933) - Theatre Patron (uncredited) I Am Suzanne! (1933) - Puppeteer / Satan The Constant Wife (1933) Caravan (1934) - Station Master Stingaree (1934) - Governor's Second Aide (uncredited) Range Riders (1934) - Mike - Bartender (uncredited) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Prison Governor Jane Eyre (1934) - Lord Ingram The Affairs of Cellini (1934) - Court Member (uncredited) Cleopatra (1934) - Fidius Red Morning (1934) - The Storekeeper Clive of India (1935) - Official at Reception (uncredited) David Copperfield (1935) - Old Bailey Warden (uncredited) Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935) - Will Leathwaite Cardinal Richelieu (1935) - Agitator #1 Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Blacksmith The Three Musketeers (1935) - King and Peasant Inn Proprietor (uncredited) Dressed to Thrill (1935) - Pierre (uncredited) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Innkeeper (uncredited) Forced Landing (1935) - Prison Warden Hitch Hike Lady (1935) - Mr. Harker - Green-grocer Mark of the Vampire (1935) - (uncredited) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Higgins One Rainy Afternoon (1936) - Stage Doorman (uncredited) The White Angel (1936) - Captain (uncredited) Mary of Scotland (1936) - Fisherman The Last of the Mohicans (1936) - Patroon Maid of Salem (1937) - Tavern Keeper The Prince and the Pauper (1937) - Innkeeper Topper (1937) - Bank Guard (uncredited) The Toast of New York (1937) - President of Board It's Love I'm After (1937) - Friar Lawrence (uncredited) Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) - Calverton's Butler (uncredited) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Humility Prim (uncredited) If I Were King (1938) - Chief Steward (uncredited) Service de Luxe (1938) - Robert Wade Sr. (uncredited) Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Emil Lang The Sun Never Sets (1939) - Third Selection Board Member (uncredited) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited) Rulers of the Sea (1939) - Villager (uncredited) Tower of London (1939) - Beacon My Son, My Son! (1940) - Mr. Moscrop Tom Brown's School Days (1940) - Tavern Keeper (uncredited) Diamond Frontier (1940) - Piet Bloem The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) - Innkeeper Hercules Snyder The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) - Councillor (uncredited) Forever and a Day (1943) - Minor Role (scenes deleted) The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, released in 1945) - Laughing Townsman (final film role)